Vocabulary in Native American Languages: Wampanoag/Massachusett Words

Welcome to our Wampanoag vocabulary page!
Wampanoag is an Algonquian language,
related to other languages like Lenape and Ojibway.
We have included twenty basic Wampanoag words here, to
compare with related American Indian languages.
You can find more Wampanoag Indian words in our online picture glossaries.
If you'd like to know a word that is not in these wordlists, you can take part in our
Indian translations fundraiser or visit our main
Wampanoag language site for more free resources.

Thanks for your interest in Native American languages!

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Wampanoag Word Set

The Wampanoag language has not been natively spoken by the community in many years,
so these vocabulary words come from 18th- and 19th-century sources
and their pronunciation is uncertain. Some of the Wampanoag tribal groups in Massachusetts
are working on reviving their language with a new orthography (writing system) similar
to the ones used by other Algonquian-speaking tribes. They haven't yet published a dictionary
or language learning book but once they do, we'll be sure to link to it here to help with
pronunciation.